OBIT: Katherine Grove BEEGLE, 1908, Everett, Bedford County, PA

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Tuesday afternoon about 1:30 o'clock Mrs. Lloyd K. Beegle of Everett was 
rekindling her fire preparatory to ironing.  She poured coal oil on some wood in 
the stove when smouldering [sic] coals ignited the oil causing the can to 
explode.  With her clothing in flames the woman ran into the yard where she was 
seen by a man who was working nearby.  He hastened to her assistance and 
succeeded in smothering the flames with carpet, but not before she was burned in 
a terrible manner.  Her feet and face were the only parts of the body untouched 
[sic] by the flames.  Medical aid was secured but she lingered until Wednesday 
night, when death relieved her agony.  Mrs. Beegle was aged about 34 years and 
was Katherine Grove before her marriage to Lloyd K. Beegle several years ago.  
Her husband and two children, aged about seven and four years, respectively, 
survive her.  Mr. Beegle is an employe [sic] of Whetstone's Department
Store.—Bedford Gazette.

Martinsburg Herald, August 28, 1908